afford

Definition

Examples

Small businesses often cannot afford to hire a large marketing team.

Word Family

Synonyms

• pay forhaving a meaning similar to afford
• bear the cost ofhaving a meaning similar to afford

Collocations

• Easy cannot afford a new car
  a collocation phrase: cannot afford a new car
• Medium afford to hire more developers
  to afford to hire more developers, meaning to be able to spare or give up
• Hard afford a unique opportunity for growth
  to afford a unique opportunity for growth, meaning to be able to spare or give up
• Very Hard ill afford to squander valuable resources
  describing ill afford to squander valuable resources (an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining)